Prime Day is over, but you can still pay just $599 for an RTX 4050 gaming laptop

With a flash and a bang, Prime Day came and went. But Amazon's event wrapping up doesn't mean all the deals are gone. As seen over the last few days, some of the best deals are through retailers other than Amazon, and those stores seem eager to keep their deals around after Amazon shuts similar deals down. You can still save $380 on the HP Victus 15.6, which brings the price of the gaming laptop to $599, at Walmart. That discounted PC pairs an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 with an AMD Ryzen 8645HS and has a display with 144Hz refresh rate.

HP Victus 15.6-inch | $979 now $599 at Walmart

HP Victus 15.6-inch | was $979 now $599 at Walmart

This gaming laptop pairs an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 with an AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS. With support for DLSS 3 and AMD FreeSync Premium, the HP Victus can play many of the best PC games at 1920x1080 at respectable frame rates. A sizeable discount brings the Victus 15.6 under $600, giving you access to PC gaming in 2024 at an affordable price.

✅Perfect for: PC gamers on a budget or that value a great deal.

❌Avoid if: You want to play games in 4K or at the highest settings.

💰Price check: $862.99 at Amazon (1TB model, currently out of stock)

👀Alternative deal: HP Victus 15 (older model) for $649

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Why I recommend this deal

HP Victus gaming laptop with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 GPU

The HP Victus pairs a Ryzen 5 8645HS with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050. (Image credit: HP)

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I appreciate the latest gadgets and the best specs, but I just can't get myself to commit to the high cost of high-end PC gaming. I've covered 8K displays, 480Hz gaming monitors, and every other powerful PC spec under the sun, but I can't justify buying them. A budget-friendly gaming laptop lets any gamer play the latest PC games without breaking the bank. That's exactly what this HP Victus deal delivers.

HP's Victus 15.6 gaming laptop usually sits just under $1,000, but a sizeable discount brings the PC to just $599. That's enough to drop the Victus 15.6 into a lower price bracket. Depending on how you slice your pricing tiers, HP's gaming laptop is a couple of tiers below its normal pricing.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 inside the Victus 15.6 is the entry-level GPU from NVIDIA's RTX 40-Series. In terms of raw power, the graphics card sits between the RTX 3050 Ti and the RTX 3060. But since the GPU is from NVIDIA's latest generation, it gets the benefits of supporting newer software. DLSS 3 with frame generation allows you to bump up the frame rate count of the best PC games. The laptop also supports AMD FreeSync Premium. Just make sure to level your expectations. This model of the Victus 15.6 is for 1920x1080 gaming. Depending on the title you choose and if that game supports tech like DLSS 3, you can expect respectable frame rates.

Ther larger body of the Victus 15.6 provides enough room for a full number pad, which is handy for certain games or for if you want to get some work done on the laptop.

The discounted model of the Victus 15.6 has 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. Those are admittedly entry-level specs for a gaming laptop in 2024, but the discount on the PC creates a good bargain.

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